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Post by René on Jul 8, 2019 19:15:00 GMT
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Post by Carl on Jul 8, 2019 22:17:52 GMT
Rene, Those are fantastic photographs from the great "little trip" you took! The same pattern of rectangular concrete sections has always defined the Nürburgring pitlane... A Jesse Alexander photo of the 1959 1000 Km race with eventual winner Stirling Moss in #1 Aston-Martin probably out of frame in the lead. Ferrari could not have had a better team than Tony Brooks (#3), Phil Hill (#4) and Dan Gurney (#5), with co-drivers Jean Behra, Olivier Gendebien and Cliff Allison. What a superb collection of talent!
Wish I'd been there and old enough to appreciate. 
Cheers, Carl
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Post by chrisb on Jul 9, 2019 4:49:33 GMT
wonderful Rene, they are so evocative, thanks my friend for sharing them, that looked a mighty day and the sounds must have been so beautiful to hear
Carl, the sports car races in the 50's were just mindblowing to me, so utterly dangerous and scary, and ultimately deadly but the beauty of those cars and drivers, how the technology leapt from 1950 to 1959 was amazing, a great but horribly costly era that was so ambivalent to impending danger and loss, until after the event, I have just finished Mon ami Mate and 60 years on I still am upset at so many unnecessary tragedies
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Post by mikael on Jul 9, 2019 9:00:33 GMT
Thank you very much for sharing those great photos, René. It's easy to become a bit envious on your geographical coordinates/location, with such relatively easy access to the (truly) great racing circuits of Europe. - A Ferrari in "British Racing Green" - that's interesting! But that colour actually suits it well. (On the other hand, a car like that will probably look good in any colour. It might be a bit like a truly beautiful lady -- who will look good in any clothes whatsoever ...) - The Danish "Forza Racing" truck looks impressive; I had to look up what company that is - and what they're doing. It turns out it's a high-end car leasing company with - to my surprise - offices all over the country. So there must be a good market for leasing out luxury cars ... - As to the screaming F1 engines of the not-so-distant past, it's interesting to note that Mark Hughes now hints at saying that the present hybrid/turbo formula (probably) was the wrong step to take (" ... the whole concept of the car is wrong. F1 has tied itself in knots through: (1) Being beholden to automotive manufacturers who have defined the wrong engine formula ... "); see: www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/mph-these-knots-are-strangling-life-out-f1 |
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Post by charleselan on Jul 9, 2019 16:15:41 GMT
Great post René and you obviously enjoyed your day out. Also wonderful pictures from your iPhone, my goodness how those smart phones have come on with respect of the camera technology. I bought iPhone 3G when I moved to France in 2008 and the camera was so, so compared with current equipment which is outstanding from various manufacturers.
Great photos of some wonderful vehicles; I love the Ferrari Quad bike, well at least in Ferrari racing colours.
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Post by René on Jul 9, 2019 18:57:18 GMT
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Post by chrisb on Jul 10, 2019 4:53:32 GMT
have been watching some of the highlights - and they are very high! - of the Goodwood festival - some of the cars were just almost too beautiful to describe, including the new de Tomanso - but what really grabbed me was the music of engines, those beautiful notes old and new, just wonderful, there was also a concept Ferrari there which harks back to classic days, but the one that captured me was almost a road going replica of the P4 - can't remember who made it but...gorgeous and that sound
that is interesting Mikael, if someone like Mark is saying this will anyone take notice? I hope so,
Jamie, did you manage to get to Goodwood? I really must go again, or maybe the September meet
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Post by charleselan on Jul 10, 2019 17:21:26 GMT
Yet more superb photographs René, the iPhone 7 is definitely a very good tool. Digital photography has come on a very long way in the past ten years or so. The beauty for me is that you can take hundreds of shots now on an SD card and not worry about wasting film etc. As you say one no longer has to develop and print either. Goodness I wish this revolution had happened earlier in my life, but developing and printing was also fun but very time consuming.
UK's ITV4 are showing four evenings of Goodwoods Festival of Speed this week, last nights was Ok mostly supercars and new releases. Best bit was Emanuele Pirro driving a Lambo around Italy with presenter Julia Bradbury; lovely countryside and the soundtrack from the engine was beautiful.
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Post by René on Jul 10, 2019 20:03:01 GMT
I have been to the Goodwood FOS once in 2009. It was fantastic and absolutely one of the best race events I ever visited. Worth every penny. Hope to go back there soon!
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Post by robmarsh on Jul 14, 2019 6:44:53 GMT
Lovely pics René. I can never have enough of Ferrari. As pointed out the quality of pics from smart phones is incredible these days. I am getting rid of my Nikon D90 due to cellphone technology and the type and frequency of pictures I take.
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Post by mikael on Jul 16, 2019 2:51:30 GMT
It seems that all the persons in René's photos are of average height, or thereabout, and thus, all the Ferraris appear to be actually driveable. But I found the photo below quite amusing! It appears today in the (homepage of the) Danish newspaper "Berlingske", in an article on how the wealthiest people of Denmark in these days flock - in their expensive cars - to the Northernmost town, Skagen, which always has been a popular summer vacation destination. (And the gist of the story is, car-tax-fraudsters, beware ...)  From: Berlingske. Foto: Ólafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix |
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Post by René on Jul 16, 2019 22:26:38 GMT
Great photo! Looks a little bit out of proportion but the guy is probably 2 metres! He must be thinking "will I fit in?"  |
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Post by Carl on Jul 17, 2019 16:45:46 GMT
Great photo! Looks a little bit out of proportion but the guy is probably 2 metres! He must be thinking "will I fit in?" He's also slightly elevated on a sidewalk, causing him to look even more like a giraffe evaluating something succulent at ground level |
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However, we decided on the scenic route through the Ardennes/Eifel region which is beautiful and a nice ride. 
